If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.
Changes to how the U.S. mail is stamped are quietly rewriting the rules for anyone who relies on a postmark to prove they met ...
Guidelines announced on Dec. 24 allow postmarks to reflect processing date rather than mailing date, affecting 14 states with ...
Prior to December 24, if you dropped off a letter with a stamp at the post office it would usually be postmarked within a day ...
People relying on the U.S. Postal Service to mail time-sensitive documents may need to take additional steps to make sure postmarks aren’t late if they’re cutting it close to key deadlines. A new fede ...
The U.S. Postal Service's new postmark process could lead to late fees and penalties when mailing time-sensitive documents.
The USPS updated its language about postmarks, possibly causing changes to when mail is accepted and marked ahead of ...
Historians point to 1864 as the year America began absentee voting on a large scale. President Abraham Lincoln wanted the votes of soldiers fighting in the Civil War, so they mailed ballots from the ...
Many states rely on postmarks to validate ballots—but that system is about to change. It’s the sort of thing you might not ...
If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new U.S. Postal Service rule makes it ...
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns ...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans in rural and urban areas alike could see their votes rejected if the court decides that ballots must arrive by Election Day. By Nick Corasaniti and Christine Zhang ...